AN OFSTED report for a village school near Coventry has been lost during an official trip to New Zealand.

A British schools inspector mislaid a laptop computer containing 40-page Ofsted reports for two schools, one in Tottenham, north London, and one for a school in a village near Coventry.

Bob Greatrex, who had arrived in New Zealand on May 19 to recruit teachers, left his computer in a black leather bag by the taxi rank at Auckland airport.

When he returned an hour later the bag had disappeared. He is offering a reward of more than #800 for its return through the New Zealand Herald newspaper.

Mr Greatrex said the reports for the two schools were very favourable. They have to be handed to the board of governors at each school within two weeks - but he fears that if he has to do the reports again they will not be as good as the originals.

Mr Greatrex said: "They are both cracking reports. Both schools did very well in their inspection.

"What's on the computer is priceless. "I'd be willing to pay a substantial reward to get it back."

An Ofsted spokesman said: "The original data which was collected is still here.